Stay in the loop

Toronto of the 1910s is remarkably well documented in photographs. In fact, so much so that what I thought might be a less interesting entry in this series of historical decade posts is anything but. Whether it be the soldiers heading off to war at old Union Station, the style of the signs and advertisements on downtown streets, or just how undeveloped the city was north of St. Clair, the photos below offer a portrait of Toronto that's fascinatingly removed from what the city is like today. And yet, images of the construction of the Bloor Viaduct, current Union Station, and places like the North Toronto CPR Station (now the Scrivner Square LCBO) can't but remind one that for all the demolition that took place in the 60s and 70s, numerous structures from the early portion of the century remain crucial to the city to this day.